[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 {Having achieved nothing
in the 1st game with 5.Bxc6+ we prepared this line and found some interesting
ideas} (5. Bxc6+ {Wolff} bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10.
O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. Ne1 Qb8 13. g3 Qb4 14. f3 Rb8 15. Nd3 Qc4 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Bd2 O-O 18. b3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 $10 {Anand,V-Yusupov,A Wijk
aan Zee (1) 1993}) 5... Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 $1 (7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4
Be7 {The main line}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 (8. d5 $5 {Wolff} Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4
$14) 8... g5 $6 (8... Ng6 $5) (8... g6) 9. dxe5 $1 {White gains little by
keeping the central tension and Black may have the option of exd4 at some point
} dxe5 (9... Nxe5 $6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 $16) 10. h4 $1 (10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3
Nf4 12. O-O Bd6 $1 {/\ g4,h5 Qf6}) (10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb3 g4 12. Ne1 h5 $13)
10... g4 11. Nh2 h5 12. Nhf1 Ng6 13. g3 $1 {Now Black's kingside is
permanently weak} Be7 14. Bc2 $1 {/\ Nb3,Nfd2,Qe2} Be6 (14... O-O $5 {Wolff}
15. Bh6 $140 Re8 16. Ne3 Kh7) 15. Bb3 $1 (15. Nb3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 f6 {/\ Kf7})
15... Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 $1 {The endgame is very pleasant for white
since Black has a lot of static weaknesses} Qxb3 18. axb3 O-O 19. b4 b5 $2 (
19... f6 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Nfd2 Ke6 22. Ke2 $16 {/\ Nc4,Rfd1}) (19... a5 $1 20.
b5 (20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nfd2 Ra2 $132) 20...
Nb8 (20... Na7 21. Bxa7 $1 (21. Rxa5 b6 $10) 21... Rxa7 22. Ne3 $16) 21. Nc4 (
21. b4 $1 {Wolff} a4 22. Nc4 $16) 21... b6 22. Nfd2 (22. b4 Nd7 23. bxa5 bxa5
$44) (22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Nfe3 Nc5 24. Nd5 Bd8 $132) 22... Nd7 23. Ke2 Rfc8 $14)
20. Nb3 a5 $8 (20... Rfd8 21. Nfd2 Bd6 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Ra2 $1 $18) 21. Nxa5
Nxa5 (21... Bxb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Ke2 Nc2 24. Nd2 $18) 22. bxa5 c5 (22... Ra6
{Wolff} 23. Nd2 Rfa8 24. b4 c5 25. Rb1 $18) 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Nb3 $1 (24. c4 Rb8
$1 25. Ke2 Nf8 26. Rhc1 Ne6 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 cxd4 $14) 24...
Rc8 (24... c4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 (25... Rc6 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Nb6 $18) 26. Bxc5 Rfa8
27. Bb4 $18) 25. Ke2 {! Wolff} (25. c4 {Wolff} Rb8 (25... bxc4 26. Nd2 Rb8 27.
Nxc4 Rb4 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. O-O Ne6 30. Rfd1 Nd4 $132) 26. Nxc5 (26. Bxc5 bxc4 27.
Bxe7 Rxb3) 26... Bxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc4 $10) 25... c4 26. Nc1 $1 (26. Nd2 Bd8 (
26... Rca8 27. Bb6) 27. b4 cxb3 28. Nxb3 Rxc3 $14) 26... b4 (26... Rca8 27. b4
(27. Rd1 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd5) 27... cxb3 28. Nxb3 $16) (26... Bd8 $6 27.
Rd1 Bxa5 (27... Rxa5 28. Rxd8+) 28. Rd7 {/\ Rb7} (28. Rd5 {Wolff} Rb8 29. b4
cxb3 30. Nxb3 Rba8 31. Bd2 $18) 28... Rb8 $2 29. Ra7 $1 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Rxa8 31.
b4 cxb3 32. Nxb3 $18) 27. Rd1 bxc3 (27... b3 {Wolff} 28. Ra4 {><c4}) 28. bxc3
Bd8 29. Ra4 Nf8 $2 (29... Bxa5 $1 30. Rd5 Rca8 31. Rxc4 $16) 30. Rd5 f6 31. Na2
Rca8 32. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 33. Nb4 Raa8 34. a6 Ne6 35. Nd5 Rxd5 (35... Kf7 36. Nb6
Ra7 $8 37. Nxc4 Raa8 38. Nb6 Ra7 39. Nd5 Raa8 40. a7 Rd7 41. Ra6 $1 $18) 36.
exd5 Nc7 37. d6 Nb5 38. Rb4 {!? Wolff} (38. Kd2 $1 Nxd6 39. a7 Nb5 40. Kc2 $18
(40. Ra5 $18 {Wolff})) 38... Nxc3+ (38... Nxd6 {Wolff} 39. a7 $18) 39. Kd2 Nd5
40. Rb7 c3+ 41. Kc2 Rxa6 42. Rb8+ (42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. d7 Ra2+ 44. Kb1 c2+ 45.
Kxa2 Nxe3 46. Kb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paracin"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {One of the advantages which the
Steinitz Deferred offers: White does not have any Giuoco Piano type setups
against it.} 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O $5 {A strange move order.} (6. d4 Nge7 {I have
always thought that after this White should not castle.} 7. d5 (7. Nbd2 Ng6 8.
Nf1 Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Ng3 g6 11. O-O Bh6 $14 {Petrosian-Bondarevsky,
Moscow-Leningrad (m) 1960.}) (7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 (8. Nh4 exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd5 Qxh4 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Qd5 Bc6 15. Qd4 Qg4 16. Be3
Be7 17. h3 Qxg2 18. O-O-O Nf3 19. Qd3 Bg5 $13) 8... Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 Bg5
11. O-O (11. Nxg5 $6 hxg5 12. g3 exd4 $1 13. cxd4 Kf8 $1 14. O-O (14. Nd5 Bh3)
14... Qf6 15. Nd5 Qxd4 16. Nxc7 (16. Be3 Qxe4 17. Nxc7 Nge5 $19) (16. Qe2 Nge5
$19) 16... Nge5 17. Nxa8 Bg4 $19) 11... Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O 13. Nd2 Qf6 $13 (
13... Na5 14. Bc2 Bb5 15. Re1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 $14)) (7. Be3 f5 $1 (7... Ng6
8. h4 Be7 9. g3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bf6 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5) 11. d5 Nce7 (
11... Nb8 12. c4 b6 13. b4 a5 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. a3 O-O 16. O-O) 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7
13. c4 c5 $14) 8. d5 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. exf5 Nxf5 $132) 8... Na5
$13) 7... Nb8 8. c4 Ng6 9. h4 Be7 10. g3 (10. h5 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nc3 h6 $11) 10... h6 11. Nc3 Bf6 $14) 6... Nge7 (6... Nce7
$6 7. Bb3 (7. d4 Ng6 8. Bb3) 7... Ng6 8. d4 $16) 7. d4 Ng6 (7... h6 {What
about the regular push with g5?} 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 Ng6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Bg5
11. Nf1 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. g3 Re8 14. d5 Nce7 $14) (8. Re1 Ng6 $13 (8... g5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Ne3 O-O-O $40)) 8... g5 {looks
primitive but playable.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13.
Nd5 Qg7 $13) 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O ({After this game I am for} 9... h6 $5 10.
Nf1 Bg5 11. Be3 $5 (11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O $14) (11. Ng3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 O-O
13. Nf5 Re8 (13... Qf6 14. Ne3) 14. g3 Qf6 15. Ne3 Nf8 $132) 11... Nh4 $5 (
11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O $14)) 10. Nf1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 (12. Ne3 Bg5
13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Be6 15. Ne3 Ne7 $14) 12... Re8 (12... exd4 $5 13. cxd4
Re8 14. Bc2 $14) 13. Bc2 Bg5 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qg5 16. Rf1 $5 $146 {
Everything so far has been played before; only this move is a novelty.} (16.
Rad1 Ne7) 16... Ne7 (16... Qf4 $5) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qd4 $1 $16 (19.
f5 $2 Nxf5) 19... Qa7 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. cxd4 $16) 20. Rad1 (20. f5 Nc6 21. Qd2
Ne5 $132) 20... Bc6 21. Qxa7 $6 {For some reason my young opponent started to
exchange as much as he could from this moment on.} (21. f5 Nc8 22. Rf4 $16)
21... Rxa7 22. Rfe1 (22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Raa8 (23... Ng6 24. Bb3 Nxe5 25. Ng4
$16) 24. Bb3 Rf8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 $11) 22... Raa8 23. g3 (23. Nc4 Bb5
(23... b6 24. e5) 24. Ne3 Kf8 $14) 23... Kf8 24. Kf2 Ng8 25. Nd5 Rac8 (25...
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf6 27. Rd4 Re7 $14) 26. Rd2 Nf6 $1 {I had already used such a
strategy against GM Schlosser in the 90s.} 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. e5 $6 {Meek but
still works.} (28. h4 h6 $11) {I could have drawn with} 28... fxe5 $5 ({
I could have drawn with} 28... dxe5 $5 29. fxe5 Kg7 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Rd4 Rxe1
32. Kxe1 h6 $11) 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Bxh7 Ke7 32. Bf5 Rh8 33. Ke3 (
33. h4 Kf6 34. Bh3 Rg8 35. g4 Ke7 $13) 33... Rh5 34. Rf2 Bd5 35. b4 $5 Be6 36.
Bd3 f5 (36... b5 $5 37. h4 f5 38. Rf1 $11) 37. a4 Kd6 38. a5 Bc8 (38... c5 $6
39. Rd2 Kc6 40. Be2 {worried me}) (38... f4+ 39. gxf4 Rh3+ 40. Rf3 exf4+ 41.
Kxf4 Rxh2 42. Ke3 $11) 39. Bf1 b6 40. Rd2+ Ke7 41. axb6 cxb6 42. Ra2 b5 43. c4
$1 $11 {With his last move White has succeeded in equalising from a better
position!} Be6 44. Rxa6 bxc4 (44... Bxc4 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46. h4 $11) 45. h4 f4+
46. Kf2 fxg3+ 47. Kxg3 e4 48. Rc6 (48. Be2 Rh8) 48... Kd7 49. b5 Bd5 (49...
Rxb5 50. Rxe6 Kxe6 51. Bxc4+ Kf6 52. Bxb5 $11) 50. Rc5 $1 {This is even more
exact} ({compared to} 50. Bh3+ Ke7 51. Rc8 e3 (51... Rh6 52. Bf1 $11) 52. Bf1
$11) 50... Kd6 51. Rc8 e3 52. Bxc4 {This terminates the game} ({but} 52. b6 Rh7
(52... Re5 53. Be2 Re7 54. h5 Be6 55. Rc7 Rxc7 56. bxc7 Kxc7 57. h6 c3 58. Bd3
Bg8 $11) 53. Bxc4 Rg7+ 54. Kf4 Bxc4 55. Rxc4 Re7 56. Rc1 e2 57. Re1 Kc6 58. h5
Kxb6 59. h6 Kc6 60. Kg5 Kd7 61. Kg6 Re6+ $11 {is just another draw.}) 52...
Bxc4 53. Rxc4 Rxb5 54. Re4 Re5 55. Rxe5 Kxe5 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Kxe3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1973.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O (5. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Qxd4) (5. c3 $5) 5... Bd7 (5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4
10. Ng5 Nh6 11. g3 Qf6 12. c3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Qd5 $1 O-O 15. Na3 Qg6 16.
Nxb5 Rac8 {Ziatdinov,R-Katishonok,N/URS/1990/0,5 (31) Inf 51/315/} 17. Rxa6
Bxg5 18. Rc6 $16) 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1 (8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. d5 Nb8
11. c4 O-O 12. b4 c5 $6 (12... a5 $5) 13. bxc5 $16 {Yudasin,L-Castro/JUG(ol)/
1990/1:0 (36) Inf 50/357/}) 8... Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Be3 (11. Ne3
Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O $13) 11... Bxe3 (11... Qf6 $5) 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. Bc2 Re8 (
13... Nh4 $5) 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. g3 Qf6 $5 (15... Bh3 $5) 16. Nd5 $1 (16. Kg2 Bh3+
$1 17. Kxh3 Qxf3 18. Nd5 Qh5+ 19. Kg2 Qg5 $1 $10 {Keres/}) 16... Qxf3 17. Bd1
Nh4 $1 18. gxh4 Qh3 19. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $6 (19... gxf6 20. Qxh6 exd4 21. Kh1 Ne5 (
21... Bf5 22. Rg1+ Bg6 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Bb3+ $18)
(21... Rxe4 22. Rg1+ Bg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Rxg4+ Qxg4 25. Rg1 $18) 22. Rg1+ Bg4
(22... Ng4 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rg3 $1) 23. Rg3 (23. cxd4 Nf3 $1 24. Qf4 Kf8 $1
25. Rxg4 Qf1+) (23. Qf4 Kf8 24. Bxg4 Qxh4) 23... Qf1+ 24. Rg1 Qh3 $10) 20. Nxe8
Rxe8 21. h5 Bg4 (21... f5 $5 22. exf5 Rf8) 22. Qe3 Qxh5 23. Kh1 Bxd1 (23... Ne7
$5) 24. Raxd1 Qh4 (24... exd4 25. cxd4 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4) 25. Qf3 Kg8 26.
Re3 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qe7 $6 (27... Qf6 $5) 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. Qxf4 $16 Re8 30. Rg1
Kh7 31. Rg4 Nd8 32. e5 d5 $6 (32... Qf8 $5) 33. Rh3 Qf8 (33... Ne6 34. Rxg7+ $1
$18) 34. Rf3 Kg8 35. Qf5 (35. Qxh6 $18) 35... Qe7 36. b4 Rf8 37. Qh5 Ne6 (37...
Kh7 $5) 38. Rf6 Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qh5 Kh7 41. Rh4 Kg8 42. Qg4 (42. Rxh6 gxh6
43. Qxh6 Qxh4 44. Qxh4 $18) 42... Ng5 (42... Kh7 43. Qh3 $18) 43. Rhxh6 Ne4 (
43... gxh6 44. h4 $18) 44. Qh5 gxh6 45. Rxh6 $18 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 (5. d4 $2 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4
exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd5 Be6 10. Qc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 c4 $19) 5... Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 {
In den neunzehn Partien (Ergebnis: 7:7, Remis 5), die Euwe und Keres bis zu
diesem Zeitpunkt miteinander spielten, kam diese Variante nicht einmal vor.} 7.
Bb3 {/\ 8.Ng5} h6 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 $6 g5 $6 (8... Ng6 $1 $10) 9. Bxg5 hxg5 10.
Nxg5 d5 (10... Nd5 $1 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Bxd5+ Ke8 $13 {Keres}) 11. exd5 Na5 {
Ahues-Rubinstein,San Remo 1930} 12. d6 $1 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Nd5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
dxc7 Qxc7 16. Qxd5+ $16) 8... Ng6 (8... g5 9. dxe5 (9. Nc4 Ng6 10. Ne3 g4) (9.
Nf1 Ng6 10. Ne3 Bg7 11. dxe5 Ngxe5 12. h4 g4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Bc6 $10)
9... dxe5 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Ne3 $16 {Keres} Bg7 12. Nd5 Nf4 13. O-O Nxd5 14. exd5
Ne7 $10) (8... g6 $5 {/\ Bg7}) 9. Nc4 Be7 (9... Nh4 $6 10. Ne3 $14 (10. Nxh4
Qxh4 11. O-O $14)) 10. O-O (10. Ne3 O-O (10... Bg5 11. Nd5 (11. Nxg5 $5 hxg5
12. Qf3) 11... Bxc1 12. Qxc1 (12. Rxc1 $5) 12... Bg4 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nce7
15. dxe5 Nxd5 16. exd5 dxe5 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Qxe5+ Qe7 $15 {_|_
Listberger-Keres,Stockholm 1966}) 11. O-O Re8 (11... Kh7 12. g3 Bf6 13. Re1 Kh8
$16 {Fischer-Olafsson,Bled u.a.ct 1959}) 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Bc2 $13 {
Zurahov-Hasin,USSR ch 1959}) 10... O-O {In späteren Partien wurde die aktivere
Fortsetzung 10...-Bg5! erprobt.} (10... Bg5 $1 {Bondarevsky} 11. Ne3 (11. Nxg5
hxg5 $40 {h<->}) 11... Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Qf6 $10 (12... O-O 13. Nd2 (13. h3 Re8 14.
Nh2 Qe7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qh5 Na5 $1 $15 {|^ Fischer-Pachmann,Mar del Plata
1959}) 13... Na5 14. Bc2 Bb5 15. Re1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qf3 Be6 $10 {
Keres-Bondarevsky,Moskau 1950}) 13. Ne1 (13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bd5 c6 15. Bb3 Bg4 $15
{|^ >> Unzicker-Keres,Hamburg 1956}) 13... Na5 $5 (13... Nf4 14. Kh1 g5 15. g3
Nh3 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 $16 {-> [+] Aronin-Dubinin,USSR 1953}) 14. Bc2 Bb5 $10
) 11. Ne3 {vgl. Anmerkung zum 10.Zug von Weiß.} Bf6 $2 (11... Re8 12. Re1 Bf8
13. Bc2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nd5 $14 {|^ Bronstein-Keres, USSR ch 1948 (nach
dem wm Turnier)}) 12. Nd5 $1 {/\ 13.de!} exd4 $8 (12... Re8 13. dxe5 {Vgl.
Smyslov-Reshevsky aus diesem Turnier.}) (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {
/\ 15.Bh6} exd4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh6 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 $16 {_|_})
13. Nxd4 $1 (13. cxd4 Bg4 $10 {=/+}) 13... Re8 14. Nxf6+ $6 {+/= ^^ Keres} (14.
Bc2 Nxd4 (14... Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. f4 $16 {|^ Euwe}) 15. cxd4
Bb5 16. Re1 c5 $132) ({Noch stärker war} 14. Re1 $1 {Keres} Na5 (14... Nxd4 15.
cxd4 c6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $14) (14... Bg5 15. f4 Bh4 16. g3 $10 {=/+ Geschwächte
Königsstellung. (Kmoch)} (16. Re3 Na5 $1 $10 {mit Abtausch des weißen
Königsläufers. Kmoch})) 15. Bc2 c6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. f4 $1 Nxf4 18. Rf1 g5 19.
g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 {/\ 21.Nf5+-}) 14... Qxf6 15. f3 (15. Bc2 $6 {! Kmoch} d5 $1
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 $1 $36 {18...Bb5! -/+ |^}) 15... Nf4
$2 {Führt zu Zeitverlust. Es droht allerdings 16...Nd4, 17.cd Qd4} (15... Na5
16. Bc2 c5 {nebst 17...R ad8 Euwe}) (15... Rad8 $142 {/\ Na5, c5}) 16. Nxc6 $6
(16. Be3 $6 Na5 17. Bc2 Qg5 $1 (17... Nc4 18. Bc1 $14 {Kmoch}) 18. Qd2 Nc4 $19)
({Der Sicherungszug} 16. Kh1 $1 $14 {konnte den weissen Raumvorteil
unterstreichen.}) 16... Bxc6 $6 (16... bxc6 17. Be3 c5 $132 {b<-> Schwarz
beherrscht d4.} 18. Bxc5 $2 Qg5 $1 $19) 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Ng6 (18... Ne6 19.
Rae1 {Läufer d4 ist nicht mehr möglich, aber f4 ist nicht zu verhindern.}) 19.
Bd4 $16 Qe7 20. Rae1 $2 (20. f4 Qxe4 21. f5 Qe2 $1 $17 (21... Nh4 $2 22. Rf4
$16)) (20. c4 $3 $16 {Mit diesem Zug könnte Weiß das gesamte schwarze
Gegenspiel (d5, Qd7 nebst Ba4) unterbinden. Der weißen Idee Qc3, R ae1, Bc2,
f4 könnte Schwarz kaum etwas entgegensetzen.}) 20... Qd7 $1 21. c4 (21. a3 d5 (
21... Ba4 22. Ba2 c5 $132 {/\ d5 Euwe}) 22. e5 Bb5 23. Rf2 b6 $132) (21. Bc2
Bb5 $1 (21... d5 $6 22. e5 {/\ 23.f4+/- Kmoch}) 22. Rf2 d5 (22... c5 $132 {
/\ d5 Euwe}) 23. e5 c5 24. Bxc5 Nxe5 $132) (21. f4 Bxe4 22. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 23.
Qd4+ Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Rxe4 f5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 $132 {Euwe}) 24. Rxe4 Qf5 $10) (
21. Kh1 $5 Ba4 (21... d5 $1 $10) 22. Bxg7 $1 Bxb3 23. Qxh6 $16 {->}) 21... Ba4
22. Bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 $2 {/\ 25.Bf6 gf, 26.Qf6 Nf8, 27.R f3+/-/+-
Danach erweist sich der Pe4 eher als Schwäche. Ein Spiel am Damenflügel
versprach dem Weissen mehr. (Budde)} (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Nh8 $1 (25... Nf8
$1 26. b3 Qd7 27. Qxh6 $13) 26. Qxh6 (26. e5 Qd7 $1 $10) 26... Rd7 $1 $40 {Euwe
}) (24. b3 {Kmoch} Qd7 25. Rd1) 24... Kh7 {Verhindert Bf6.} 25. b3 Qd7 {
/\ 26...c5, 27.f5[] Nh8! 28.Bc2 Nf7-/+ ><e4 ist schwächer als ><d6.} 26. Qf3 $2
{Aufgrund der Schwäche der Bauern e4/f4 muß der geplante Angriff scheitern.} (
26. Qd3 $10) (26. f5 Ne5 27. Rf4 $132) 26... b5 $1 $15 {-> /\ 27...bc, 28.bc
Qc6-/+} 27. Qd3 (27. cxb5 $15 {Euwe}) (27. Rc1 $1 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxe4 $2 29.
Rxc7 $1 Qxc7 30. Qxe4 $16) 27... bxc4 28. Qxc4 $2 ({Mit} 28. bxc4 {war die
Stellung noch im Gleichgewicht.} Qc6 {/\ 29...R e7, 30.R de8-/+ Euwe}) 28...
Rxe4 $1 {Euwe sah diese Kombination, schätzte aber die Stellung mit dem
Freibauern auf der a-Linie und dem starken Läufer fälschlich als günstiger für
Weiß ein. Er übersah jedoch, dass sein König einem gefährlichen Angriff
ausgesetzt wird.} 29. Rxe4 d5 30. Qxa6 (30. Qd3 $2 dxe4 $19) 30... dxe4 31. Be3
Qg4 $1 $19 {Verhindert 32.Qe2 und droht 32...Nh4 bzw. 32...R d3.} 32. Qc4 (32.
h3 Qg3 33. Qe2 Nh4 {/\ 34...Nf3, 34...Ng2, 34...R d3} 34. Kh1 Nxg2 $19) 32...
Rd3 $1 33. Bc1 (33. Qxe4 Qe2 $1 $19 34. Rf3 $4 Rd1+) (33. Qc1 Nh4 34. g3 Nf5
35. Bd2 e3 36. Be1 Nd6 37. Qb1 Qe2 $19 {Kmoch}) (33. Re1 f5 {/\ 34...Nf4, 34...
Nh4-+}) 33... Nh4 $1 {33...f5!?} (33... Qe2 {/\ Nh5}) 34. Qxe4+ $2 {Weiss
gewinnt einen Bauern mit Schach, doch Keres hat weiter gerechnet. (Budde)} (34.
Qc2 $142 f5 {/\ e4-e3-e2-+} (34... Rc3 35. Qf2 e3 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. hxg3 Nf5 38.
Kh2 Nxg3 $19)) (34. Rf2 $4 Rd1+ $19) (34. g3 $4 Rxg3+ $19) 34... f5 35. Qb7 (
35. Qc6 Rc3 $19) 35... c6 $6 $138 (35... Rc3 {/\ 36...R c2, 36...c6 -+} 36. Qd5
c6 37. Qd2 Rxc1 $1 $19) 36. Qxc6 Rc3 37. Qd5 ({Oder} 37. Qb7 Rc2) 37... Rc5 $1
(37... Rc2 38. Bd2 Qe2 39. Rf2 Qd1+ 40. Rf1 Qxd2 41. Qxd2 Rxd2 42. Rf2 $19 {
Schwarz sollte gewinnen, doch Weiß kann noch Widerstand leisten.}) 38. Qd2 (38.
Qb7 Rc2 39. Rf2 (39. g3 Qh3 40. Qh1 Nf3+ $19) 39... Rxc1+ 40. Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.
Kxf1 Qxf4+ $19) (38. h3 Qg3 {führt zur Partie.}) 38... Rxc1 $1 39. h3 $2 $138 (
{Mit} 39. Qf2 $8 Rc3 $19 {-/+ konnte Euwe noch kämpfen.}) ({Selbstverständlich
scheitert} 39. Rxc1 $2 {an} Nf3+) 39... Qg3 $2 $138 {Keres, wie sein Gegner
unter Zeitdruck stehend, übersieht die mögliche Abwicklung mit Damengewinn. 
(Budde)} (39... Nf3+ $142 $1 $19 40. Kf2 Rxf1+ 41. Ke3 Qg3 42. gxf3 Qxf3+ 43.
Kd4 Rd1) 40. Qe2 (40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rc2+ $19 {Kmoch}) 40... Qxf4 41. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 {Die Abbruchstellung. Abgabezug von Schwarz. Der schwarze
Gewinnplan besteht in der ersten Etappe in der Blockade der weissen Freibauern,
anschliessend wird der Angriff am Königsflügel vorgetragen. (Budde)} Qf4+ 43.
Kg1 (43. g3 Qd2 $1 $19 {Euwe} (43... Qd6 $19 {Keres})) 43... Ng6 44. Qc2 Ne7
45. a4 Qd4+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Nd5 {Die Freibauern sind aufgehalten (48.a5
Nb4) also greift Schwarz wieder am Königsflügel an.} 48. Qd1 Nc3 49. Qc2 Kg6
50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Ne2 52. Qc6+ Kh7 53. Qc5 Ng3 54. Qd6 Nf1+ 55. Kg1 h5 56.
Qf4 {Zeitüberschreitung bei der Ausführung dieses Zuges. Es würde sonst folgen:
} (56. Qf4 Ne3+ 57. Kh2 h4 58. Qf3 Nf1+ 59. Kg1 Ng3+ 60. Kh2 Qh1# {Kommentare
- wenn nicht anders angemerkt - von Keres.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%mdl 4232]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O {Other
theoretical lines are:} (5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 {0-1 Nazarov,N-Yandemirov,V/Tomsk
2004/CBM 102/[Atlas,V] (19)}) (5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 {
1-0 Dobrov,V-Silivanov,S/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102/[Atlas,V] (19)}) 5... Bd7 {
Another possibility is:} (5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Wedberg] (26)}) 6. c3 Nge7 {transfering the knight to g6.} (
6... g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 {
1/2-1/2 Neubauer,M-Thorfinnsson,B/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/[Mueller,Karsten] (64)})
7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 {occupying some space and changing light-squared bishops.} Nb8
9. c4 {strengthening the centre, and, preparing the c3 square for the
queenside knight.} (9. Bc2 $6 Be7 10. h3 $6 h6 11. c4 Bg5 12. Nbd2 a5 $1 {
0-1 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 047/[Lautier] (41) /\ Na6-c5}) (9.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 h6 12. a3 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. b4 Nf4
16. Ra2 Qg6 17. f3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 g4 19. fxg4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21. c5 Nf6 22. Rc2
Rh5 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999/CBM 074 (23)}) 9...
Be7 (9... a5 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bc2 Na6 13. a3 h6 14. Rb1 Bg5 15. Nxg5
hxg5 16. b4 $14 {Marinkovic,S-Vasiljevic,D/Beograd II (12)/1990/1-0 (37)}) 10.
Nc3 h6 {[%cal Ye7g5] Black doesn't hurry with the castle, but first prepares
to change his passive dark-squared bishop. It should be noted, that black's
typical counterplay in this position should be carrying out f7-f5 advance, so,
h7-h6 covers the g5 square.} ({Less flexible is} 10... O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. Bxd7
Qxd7 13. b4 a5 $6 14. exf5 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Lazic,M/Podgorica 1993/CBM
036/[Wedberg] (29)}) 11. b4 {preparing an attack on black's queenside, as well
as preparing the c1-a3 diagonal for the dark-squared bishop. In this way white
avoids an exchange of dark-squared bishops.} (11. Be3 Bg5 12. Re1 Bxe3 13. Rxe3
O-O 14. Rc1 a5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Keres,P/JUG-URS 1956/MCD-ma (19)}) (
11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $6 12. Be3 O-O 13. b4 f5 14. Rc1 fxe4 15. Nd2 a5 16. a3 axb4 17.
axb4 Qf5 18. Ndxe4 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Elbilia,J/Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/
[Wedberg] (34)}) 11... a5 $146 {According to my database this position
appeared for the first time. In the preceding game black prefered} (11... O-O
12. Be3 Bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nd7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. f3
Nd7 19. c6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bokros,A-Mahdi,K/Austria 2002/CBM 091 ext (36)}) (11...
Bg5 {is met by} 12. Bb2 {[%cal Yc4c5]}) 12. a3 O-O {After black castled white
isn't worry about black's Bg5 anymore.} 13. Be3 Bxa4 ({In case of} 13... Bg5
14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. c5 {and black doesn't have a pressure along the "h" file.})
14. Nxa4 ({Worth consideration:} 14. Qxa4 $5 Nd7 15. Qb5 Qc8 16. bxa5 c6 17.
Qb4 Bd8 18. dxc6 $16) 14... Nd7 ({In positions with such a pawn structure
black should prepare the f7-f5 advance with preliminary g7-g6, in order to
take on f5 with the pawn. Otherwise, white will occupy the e4 stronghold.} 
14... f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 15. c5 $14 axb4 16. axb4 Nh4
{Black is suffering from lack of space, therefore, he changes the pieces.} 17.
Nxh4 Bxh4 {Now black is planning to change the dark-squared bishops from the
g5 square.} 18. f3 {preparing a shelter (the f2 square) for the dark-squared
bishop.} Bg5 19. Bf2 f5 20. c6 {White's idea is typical for such type of pawn
structures- to force black to take on c6, thus, getting a central d5 square.} (
{White gets a slightly better position after} 20. exf5 $5 Rxf5 21. Nc3 Rxa1 22.
Qxa1 Bf4 23. Ne4 $14) 20... fxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (20... bxc6 {leads to
unpleasant position for black:} 21. dxc6 Nb8 (21... Nf6 22. h4 $16) 22. Qd5+
Kh8 23. b5 $16 (23. Nc3 $16)) 21. cxd7 $2 {This continuation leads to unclear
consequences. Better was not to change the character of the struggle with} (21.
fxe4 Nf6 (21... bxc6 22. dxc6 Nb8 (22... Nf6 23. h4 Bf4 24. g3 Nxe4 25. Qd5+
$18) 23. b5 $16) 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Nc3 {[%cal Gh2h4]} (23. h4 Bf4 24. g3 Nxe4
25. gxf4 Rxf4 $13) 23... h5 $1 (23... Rxb7 24. h4 Bf4 25. g3 Qd7 26. gxf4 Qh3
27. Be1 Ng4 28. Qe2 $18) (23... Qd7 24. Ra7 (24. h4 Bf4 25. g3 Qh3 $132) 24...
Ng4 25. Qe2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Be3 27. Ra8 $18) 24. Qd3 (24. Ra7 Ng4 25. Qe2 Rxf2
26. Rxf2 Be3 $19) 24... Rxb7 25. b5 $14) 21... exf3 22. gxf3 Qxd7 $44 {[%cal
Yb7b5] Now black has two pawns for the knight, white's pawns are very weak,
and his pieces are discoordinated. All these factors promise black a
sufficient compensation.} 23. Kg2 {covering the h3 square.} (23. Qb3 Bf4 $44) {
[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","","e5e4","",10]} 23... e4
$1 {opening the long diagonal for a dark-squared bishop. This key move should
have been seen before white played 20.cxd7. I guess, Alexander understimated
this move in his calculations.} 24. fxe4 Bf6 25. Ra2 b5 {winning the knight
back.} 26. Nc5 dxc5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. bxc5 (28. Bxc5 Be5 $11) 28... Re8 {
White has three strong pawns in the centre, but his king position is
vulnerable and black's passed "b" pawn can be very dangerous. I would evaluate
this position as approximately equal.} 29. Re1 Bc3 30. Re3 b4 31. Bg3 $2 {
White should have fixed black's pawn on c7 with} (31. c6 Qf7 32. Bg3 Qg6 $13)
31... c6 $1 {Black blocades white's pawns on the light squares. Now black's
prospects are better.} 32. Qa4 {creating a pin.} Rc8 33. d6 Qe6 {[%cal Yc3d4]}
34. Qd1 {covering the d4 square.} (34. Re2 $2 Qc4 35. Qa2 $4 b3 $19) 34... Ra8
35. e5 (35. Qd3 {loses, in view of the following variation:} Ra2+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+
(36... b3 $141 $4 37. Rxa2 bxa2 38. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 39. Kf2 {[%cal Yg3e5]} Qf5+ 40.
Ke3 $18) 37. Qxe2 b3 38. Qd3 b2 39. d7 Bf6 40. d8=Q+ Bxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3
Qa2 43. e5+ Kh8 44. Qd8+ Qg8 45. Qb6 Qd5+ $19) (35. Re2 {is met by} b3) 35...
Ra2+ {[%cal Ya2d2]} 36. Re2 $2 {White is lost after this move.} ({Last chance
was} 36. Bf2 Qg6+ (36... Rd2 $17) 37. Rg3 Qe4+ 38. Qf3 Qxe5 39. d7 Qd4 40. Qf5
Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Qxd7 $17) 36... b3 $19 {Black's passed pawn becomes unstoppable.
} 37. Rxa2 {Other continuations don't change anything:} (37. Rf2 Ra7 {[%cal
Yb3b2]} 38. Rf3 b2 39. Rxc3 Qa2 40. Qb3+ Kh8 41. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) (37. d7 Rxe2+
38. Kg1 (38. Qxe2 Qxd7 39. e6 (39. Qc4+ Qd5+ $19) 39... Qd5+ 40. Qf3 b2 $19)
38... Ba5 39. Qxe2 Qxd7 40. e6 Qd2 41. Qe4 Qc2 $19) 37... bxa2 38. d7 Ba5 39.
d8=Q+ (39. Qd4 {loses as well:} Kf7 $1 (39... Bd8 40. Be1 {[%cal Ye1c3] and
probably white would be able to achieve draw.}) (39... Qd5+ $2 40. Qxd5+ cxd5
41. e6 a1=Q 42. e7 Qb2+ 43. Bf2 $18) 40. Be1 $1 Bc7 41. Bc3 Ke7 $19) (39. Be1
Qg6+ 40. Kh3 Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Bd8 $19) 39... Bxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kh7 {
Black is going to get the second queen, so, the rest needs no comment.} 41. Qa5
(41. Qd4 Qd5+ $19) (41. Qd3+ Qg6 42. Qd4 Qb1 $19) 41... Qb3 42. Bf2 (42. e6
Qb2+ {[%cal Ya2a1]}) 42... Qd5+ (42... Qb2 43. Qa6 {[%cal Ya6d3]} Qc2 $19 {
[%cal Yc2e4]} (43... a1=Q 44. Qd3+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ $11)) 43. Kh3 Qf3+
{promoting another queen.} (43... Qf3+ 44. Bg3 (44. Kh4 g5#) 44... Qf1+ $19 {
[%cal Ya2a1]}) 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Bg4 $6 (12... Na6) 13. h3 Bxf3 $6
14. Qxf3 f5 15. exf5 Nh4 16. Qg4 Nxf5 17. Bc2 g6 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd7 19.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Ne4 $36) 18. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Qe2 $1 Rf8 (20... Nf6
$2 21. Ng3 $16) 21. b4 b6 (21... Nf6 22. Ng5 $16) 22. Bd2 axb4 $6 (22... a4 {
xa4}) 23. axb4 Re8 24. Qg4 $1 Rxa1 (24... Nf6 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27.
Ng5 Bd8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Ne4 $18) 25. Rxa1 Kg7 26. Qd1 $1 h6 27. Qa4 Nf6 28.
Nc3 $1 Rf8 29. Qc6 Qc8 30. Be3 Rf7 (30... Bd8 31. Nb5 Nd7 32. Nxd6 $18) 31. Nb5
Bf8 32. Ra8 (32. Ra8 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd1 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Bd6 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 Kd7 18. Be5 Rge8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 {
[#] Doppelturmendspiel mit schwarzer leicht zu verteidigender B-Schwäche d6;
ab Zug 38 T-T bei 3-3 B am K-Flügel mit vertikal abgeschnittenem sK, aktiver
sT hält remis. Analyse B-Endspiel bei T-Tausch Zug 38} 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Rad1
Re6 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. g3 b5 24. Kg2 h5 25. R1d2 Rce5 26. h4 Kc6 27. a4 a5 28.
axb5+ Rxb5 29. b4 Kd7 30. Kf3 axb4 31. cxb4 Ke7 32. Ra2 Ree5 33. Ra6 Re1 34.
Raxd6 Rxb4 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Rxb4 Kxd8 38. Re4 {[#]} Ra1 (38...
Rxe4 39. Kxe4 {[#] Variantendiagramm} Ke7 40. Ke5 f6+ (40... Kd7 $2 41. Kf6 Ke8
42. f4 Kf8 43. f5 gxf5 44. Kxf5 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. f3 Ke7 $10 (
42... g5 43. f4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Ke7 $10)) 39. Kf4 Rf1 40. f3 Kd7 41. Re2 f6 42.
Re4 Rh1 43. Re2 Rf1 44. Ra2 Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra6 Kf7 47. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ivkov/Keres"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 (6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Bf6 $14 {Ivkov=:I}) (6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 {Keres=:K}) 6... Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9.
Re1 O-O (9... h6 10. Nf1 Bg5 {K}) 10. Nf1 exd4 $1 {I} (10... Nh4 {K}) 11. cxd4
Bf6 $146 (11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge7f8] I}) (11... Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne3 Bd7 {
K}) (11... b5 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ne3 Bf6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17.
Nd5 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Be5 20. Qh5 Nd4 21. Bd1 f5 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. exf5
Rxf5 24. Ne3 Rf7 25. Ng4 Raf8 26. Be2 Bf4 27. Bd3 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxd3 29. Bxf4
Nxf4 30. Ne5 Qd5 31. Rad1 Qb3 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qg3 Ne2+ {0-1 (33) Kirillov,
V-Pasman,M Riga 1961}) 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh4 (13... Nb4 14. Bb1 c5 15. d5 a5
16. a3 Na6 17. Nc4 {K}) 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Nd5 Ne7 (15... f5 16. e5 $1 $16 {I} (
16. Bf4) 16... dxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 $1 {K}) 16. Nc3 $14 {
I P 17.g3 f6 18.e5 K} Ng6 17. g3 Bf6 18. Be3 $2 {I} (18. f4 $142 {I} c5 19.
dxc5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 dxc5 {K}) 18... c5 $1 {K} 19. f4 (19. dxc5 Ne5 $1 {P 20...
g4 21... c4 K} 20. f4 Bg4 21. Qxd6 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Nxe1 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rxe1
Bxc3 $1 $10 {I}) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc6 (20... Nf8 {(.) I} 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22.
e5 {K}) 21. Bb3 Nf8 {P 22... d4 23. d4 e6 24... c5 K} 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nd5 Qd8
(23... Qxb2 24. Re2 Qa3 25. Nc7 Qc5+ (25... Bb5 26. Rc2 {K}) 26. Rf2 $16 {I/K})
24. Qh5 Nd7 $1 {I} (24... Ne6 25. f5 $1 {K}) 25. Rad1 Nc5 (25... Nf6 $6 26.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. e6 $1 {K}) 26. Bc2 g6 27.
Qg5 $8 {I} (27. Qh6 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Qb6 {K}) (27. Qf3 {K}) 27... Qxg5 28. fxg5
Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Re6 (29... Rad8 30. e5 {K}) 30. b4 Nd7 31. Bb3 Ne5 (31... Rae8
32. Rd4 Ne5 33. Bxe6 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Nxd4 35. Bd5 $14 {K}) 32. Rc1 $2 {I} (32. Kg2
$1 Nc6 33. Rdd1 Re7 34. Rxd6 Nxb4 35. e5 Rae8 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rdxe6 Rxe6 38.
Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Bxe6+ $16 {I}) 32... Nc6 33. b5 axb5 (33... Na5 {K}) 34. Rxb5 Re7
35. Rd1 Ra5 $1 $10 {I} 36. Rxa5 (36. a4 Rxb5 37. axb5 Na7 {K}) 36... Nxa5 37.
Bd5 Rc7 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Rb5 Nc6 40. Rb6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7
7. O-O (7. Bb3 {Wedberg} h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 Bg5 11. Nxg5 hxg5
12. g3 exd4 13. cxd4 Kf8 $36 {/\Bh3, Qd7, Re8. Sax,G-Portisch,L/Skellefteå/1989
}) 7... Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bc2 $6 {>< Bc2} (9. c4 {Ftacnik} a5 (9... Be7 10. Nc3
O-O (10... h6 {Wedberg} 11. Be3 Bg5 12. Re1 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 a5 $10 {
Trifunovic-Keres/Jugoslavija-USR/1956}) 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Qc2 $5 (12. Be3 h6
13. g3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nd2 Ndf8 16. Nce4 Qd7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qb3 Qb5 19.
Qc2 Rf7 20. a4 Qd7 21. Qb3 b6 22. a5 b5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Bxe7 {Almasi,Z-Sermek,
D/Mitropa Cup/1993/1-0 (45)}) 12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. b4 Bg5 15. Rb1 Bxc1
16. Rfxc1 Qe7 {Van der Wiel,J-Short,N/Amsterdam/1991/}) 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bc2 Na6 13. a3 h6 14. Rb1 Bg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. b4 Nf4 17. c5 axb4 18. axb4
g6 19. c6 bxc6 20. dxc6 Be6 21. Nd5 Nb8 22. b5 Ra2 23. Bb3 Ra3 24. Bc4 {
Marinkovic,S-Vasiljevic,D/Beograd II (12)/1990/1-0 (37)}) 9... Be7 10. h3 $6 {
>< f4 ><h3} (10. c4) 10... h6 {/\ Bg5} 11. c4 Bg5 12. Nbd2 (12. Nxg5 $6 {
Ftacnik} hxg5 {><h3, עg1} 13. Nd2 Nf4 $40) 12... a5 $1 {/\ Na6-c5} 13. b3 (13.
a3 a4 $10) (13. Rb1 Nf4 $1 (13... Na6 $6 14. a3 $1 $14) (13... O-O 14. b3 Na6
15. a3 Nc5 (15... b5 16. Nxg5 (16. cxb5 $2 Bxb5 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxc4 19.
bxc4 Nc5 $15) 16... hxg5 (16... Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qc4 $14) 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 $14 {/\ Be3}) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
Na4 18. Rb3 b5 19. Ra3 Qe8 20. Bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 bxa4 22. b5 $14) 14. Re1 (14.
b3 Na6 {/\ Nb4} 15. a3 Nc5 {see the game}) 14... Na6 15. a3 (15. Nf1 $6 Nb4 $1
$15) 15... Nc5 {/\ Ncd3} 16. Nf1 a4 17. Be3 b6 $10) 13... Na6 14. a3 Nc5 15.
Rb1 Nf4 $1 {/\ Ncd3} 16. Ne1 (16. h4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxh4 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Bf6
$17) 16... O-O 17. b4 (17. Ndf3 {/\ Be3, Qd2, b4} f5 (17... b5 18. Be3 $1 $14)
(17... a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 (19. Be3 $5) 19... axb3 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxb3 f5
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ra1 $14) 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Qc2 (21.
Nd2 Qe8 $1 $36 {/\ Qg6}) 21... Rf7 $10) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Rb3 (19.
Ra1 $2 {Ftacnik} Nc3 20. Rxa8 Nfe2+ 21. Kh1 Qxa8) 19... b5 20. Ra3 (20. cxb5 {
Ftacnik} Bxb5 21. Nd3 f5 $17) 20... bxc4 (20... Qe8 $1 21. Bxa4 (21. Nef3 bxc4
22. Nxc4 Bb5 23. Nfd2 Nb6 24. Rxa8 (24. Rc3 f5 $17) 24... Qxa8 $17) 21... Rxa4
22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Nef3 f5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 $15) 21. h4 $1 (21. Bxa4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4
Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 {Wedberg} Nxc1 25. Nxc4 f5 $36) 24... Nxc1
(24... c3 $4 25. Ndf3 Nxc1 (25... Bxc1 26. Qd1 $18) 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Nf3 Qf4
28. Qc2 $18) 25. Nxc4 Qa8 $1 (25... f5 $40 {Ftacnik}) 26. Qxa8 (26. Qa5 $6 Qb7
$1 $17) (26. Na5 $6 f5 $17) (26. Qc2 $6 {/\ Nf3} Qa2 27. Qxa2 Nxa2 28. Nd3 f5
$1 (28... Rb8 29. Rb1 Nc3 30. Re1 $15) 29. exf5 e4 $17) 26... Rxa8 27. Na5 $15)
(21. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Bb5 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Bd3 f5 24. exf5 e4 25. Be2 Qf6 $36)
21... Be7 (21... Bxh4 $2 22. g3 $16 {>< h4, f4, a4} (22. g3 {Ftacnik} Nh3+ 23.
Kg2 Bf6 24. Bxa4 $16)) (21... Bf6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. Rc3 Qc8 25. Rh1
g5 26. hxg5 (26. Qh5 $4 Bg4 27. Qxh6 Bg7 $19) 26... hxg5 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4
g4 $13) 22. g3 (22. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Bb5 23. Bxf4 Bxc4 24. Nd3 exf4 25. Bxa4 Bxh4
$17) 22... Nh3+ (22... Nd3 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Bxa4 $18) 23. Kg2 Nb6
24. Rc3 (24. Rxa8 {Ftacnik} Qxa8 25. Rh1 Qc8 26. Bb2 c6 $36) 24... Qc8 25. Rh1
(25. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb5) 25... Ra1 26. Nxc4 $2 (26. Bb1 $1 {/\ Nc2-e3}
Bxh4 (26... g5 $2 27. Nc2 Ra4 28. Qh5 $1 Bf6 (28... Bg4 $2 29. Qxh6 Re8 30. Ne3
Bf8 31. Qf6 Bg7 32. Nxg4 $18) (28... gxh4 29. Nf3 $16) 29. Ne3 $16) 27. Nc2 (
27. gxh4 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Na4 29. Rxc4 Bb5 $40) 27... Rxb1 28. Nxb1 Be7 29. Nba3
Ng5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 f5 33. f3 $13) (26. f3 $5 {Ftacnik}
Bxh4 $5 (26... g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 g4 30. Bd3 $13) 27. gxh4
Nf4+ 28. Kf2 Na4 29. Rxc4 Bb5 $1 (29... Nb2 30. Bxb2 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qb7 32. Kg3
c6 $13) 30. Nd3 $1 (30. Bxa4 Bxa4 31. Nb3 Ra2+ $19) 30... Nxd3+ 31. Bxd3 f5 (
31... Nb2 32. Qc2 Nxd3+ 33. Qxd3 Qa6 34. Qc3 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 $13) 32. exf5 (32.
Nb3 $6 Nb2 33. Qe2 Nxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 fxe4 36. fxe4 Qg4 $17) 32...
Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Qb7 $40) 26... Nxc4 27. Rxc4 {[#]} Bxh4 $1 28. f4 $8 (28. gxh4
Nf4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kf1 Bh3+ 30. Kg1 Rxc1 $19) (29. Kg1 Rxc1 $19) (29. Kg3 {
Wedberg} Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ne2+ $19) 29... Bb5 30. Rc3 Ne2 $19 (30... Ne2 {Ftacnik}
31. Ra3 Rxc1 $19)) 28... Bxg3 $5 (28... exf4 $2 29. gxh4 (29. gxh4 {Ftacnik}
Bg4 30. Qd2 $14)) (28... Bf6 $17) 29. Kxg3 (29. f5 {Ftacnik} Nf2 30. Qd2 Nxh1
$19) (29. Rxh3 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxf4 $19) 29... Nxf4 $17 {-> /\ Rc1} 30. Rh2 $6
$138 (30. Nd3 f5 (30... Bb5 {Ftacnik} 31. Rc3 f5 (31... Bxd3 32. Bxd3 f5 33.
exf5) 32. Nxf4 exf4+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kxf4 fxe4+ 34. Kg3 Qf5 $40) 33... Qd8 34.
exf5 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Rg1 Rxc1 $1 38. Rxg5 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 hxg5
$17) (30... Qd8 31. Nxf4 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 exf4 33. Qf3 Bg4 34. Qc3) 31. Nxf4 exf4+
32. Kg2 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Ra2+ $17) 30... Bb5 31. Rc3 Qd8 (31... Be2 $6 32. Qd2
Qg4+ 33. Kf2) (31... Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxc1 $17) 32. Qd2 (32. Bb3 {
Ftacnik} f5 $40) 32... Qg5+ 33. Kf3 (33. Kf2 {Ftacnik} Rxc1 $1 34. Qxc1 Nh3+
35. Rhxh3 Qxc1 $19) 33... Qg1 {/\ Rc1} 34. Bd1 (34. Rf2 {Ftacnik} f5 35. exf5
Qh1+ 36. Ng2 Qh3+ 37. Ke4 Qxf5+ $19) 34... f5 $19 35. Rxc7 (35. exf5 {Ftacnik}
Nd3 $5 36. Nxd3 Rxf5+ 37. Ke4 (37. Ke2 Qxh2+ $19) 37... Qd4+ 38. Kxf5 Bd7+ 39.
Kg6 Qe4+ 40. Kh5 Be8#) 35... fxe4+ $138 (35... Nd3 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 $19) 36. Kxe4
Be8 (36... Bd3+ 37. Nxd3 Qg6+ 38. Kf3 Nxd5+ $19) (36... Ne2 $5 {Ftacnik} 37.
Bxe2 (37. Rg2 Qxg2+ 38. Nxg2 Ng3+ 39. Ke3 Nf1+ 40. Ke4 Nxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Rxd1 $19)
(37. Rxe2 Qg6+ 38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39. Ke4 Qf5+ 40. Ke3 Qf4#) 37... Qg6+ 38. Ke3 Qg5+
39. Ke4 Qf5+ 40. Ke3 Qf4#) 37. Rf2 Bg6+ (37... Qxf2 38. Qxf2 Bg6+ 39. Ke3 Nxd5+
$19) 38. Ke3 Nh3 (38... Qg5 {Ftacnik} 39. Nf3 (39. Rc4 Nh3+ $19) 39... Nxd5+
40. Ke2 Qxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Nxc7 $19) 39. Nf3 Qg3 {[#]} (39... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 40. Ke2
Be4 41. Rc3 Bxf3+ 42. Rfxf3 e4 $19) 40. Rg2 $2 (40. Rf1 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+ 42.
Qe3 Nf4+ 43. Kf2 (43. Ke1 Ng2+ $19) (43. Kd2 Ra2+ 44. Kc3 Rc2+ $19) 43... Nd3+
44. Kg2 Rxc1 45. Qxe4 Bxe4 $19) (40. Rc4 {Ftacnik} e4 $19) 40... Qf4+ 41. Ke2 (
41. Ke2 Qxf3+ 42. Ke1 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {A rare move order employed in the past by
Bent Larsen.} 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 {Play has transposed to
the Rubinstein setup from the delayed Steinitz Defence.} 8. d5 {A radical
attempt to get a strategic advantage in the spirit of the King's Indian.} ({
The main line goes} 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Bg5) 8... Nb8 9. c4 {It
always is a good question whether to exchange the light-squared bishop or not.
From the strategic point of view, this exchange should favour White, whose
central pawns are on light squares. On the other hand, Bxd7+ allows the
natural black development with ...Nxd7.} ({The main alternative is} 9. Bc2 Be7
{as in Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 047/[Lautier] (0-1, 41)}) 9...
Be7 10. Nc3 h6 {[%cal Ge7g5]} 11. g3 $146 {A super cautious move. White
restricts the g6-knight, preventing the activation of the other one. At the
same time, he maintains the possibility of exchanging the light-squared
bishops in any moment.} (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 $6 {Gofshtein,L-Elbilia,J/
Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/[Wedberg] (1-0, 34)}) 12. g3 {It would be interesting to
know which were Leko's concerns regarding this similar line.} (12. a3 {is too
slow to cause Black problems.} Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. b4 Nf4 $1 {
[%cal Gf6h6]} 16. Ra2 Qg6 17. f3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 g4 $132 {Van der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,
V/Cannes 1999/CBM 074 (1/2, 23)}) 12... Bg5 (12... Nf6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nh7
15. h4 $5) 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qg4 Nf6 $5 15. Qxg5 {Kozakov,M (2350)-Emodi,G 
(2410)/Sarospatak 1995/EXT 99 (1/2, 45)} Qd7 $5 16. f3 O-O-O $132) (11. Be3 Bg5
{Peng Xiaomin (2574)-Iuldachev,S (2491)/Qingdao 1999/CBM 074/[Wedberg] (1/2,
41)}) (11. b4 {Motylev,A (2675)-Timman,J (2625)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/
[Erenburg] (0-1, 43)}) 11... O-O (11... Bg5 {comes into consideration.} 12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Qg4 $2 (13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {transposes above.}) 13... b5 $1 $19) 12.
Bxd7 Qxd7 $5 {aiming to take advantage of the move order employed by White.} (
12... Nxd7 13. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga1c1]} Bg5 $2 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qg4 f6 16.
h4 $16) 13. Kg2 f5 {This is the only active plan, but, with the black knights
far from e4, it faces Black with certain strategic risk.} 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Nd2
Bg5 16. Nde4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nd7 18. h3 {Preventing ...Qg4. Despite
simplifications, White retains a small plus. Black has no active plan, while
the permanent threat of opening the queenside with c4-c5 offers White pleasant
long term perspectives. In the next phase of the game, Black will try to
exchange at least one of the enemy knights.} Ne7 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21.
Qe6 {The exchange of queens favours White, who will not have to worry about
his king's safety at all.} Nf6 (21... Nf5 22. Ne2 Rde8 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. c5
Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rc4 $14) 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rd3 Kh7 24. h4
Neg8 25. c5 $14 {White is better regrouped and has pleasant queenside play.}
Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rb3 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb6 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31.
axb3 Rxd5 32. Rxb7 Rd2 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. h5 a5 35. Rb5 Ra2 36. Rxe5 Ra3 37. Re3
a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. g4 Kg8 40. Re4 Ra5 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Re5 Ra6 43. Rf5+ Kg8
44. f3 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Rd5 Ra4 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rd3 Ra2+ 50.
Ke3 Ra4 51. Rd4 Ra5 52. Rb4 Re5+ 53. Kf4 Ra5 54. Ke4 Rc5 55. Kd4 Ra5 56. Rc4
Ra3 57. Rc3 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Rc5 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra7 61. Kf5 Rb7 62. f4 Ra7
63. Rd5 Rb7 64. g5 hxg5 65. fxg5 g6+ 66. hxg6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu Training Tournament"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O (6. d4 $5) 6... Nge7
7. d4 Ng6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bc2 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Bg4 11. Bxc6 Nh4 12. N1d2 (12.
Bxb7 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd7 14. Kh1 Qh3 15. Ne3 Nxf3 16. Nf1 Nh4 $10) 12... bxc6 13.
h3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Be3 {
Matanovic,A-Petrosian,T/URS-JUG/1957/0,5 (18)/}) 9... Bf6 10. Nc4 Bg4 $1 11. d5
Nce7 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bd2 g5 $5 15. Ne1 h5 16. b4 g4 17. Nd3 Bg5 18.
Bc3 Rg8 19. c5 Neg6 20. Re1 (20. Ba4 Ne2+ 21. Qxe2 Bxa4) 20... Nh4 (20... Kf8
$5 $40) 21. Ba4 $1 Kf8 (21... b5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Kh1 $14) (
21... Nxd3 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxd3 Bxe3 (23... Nf3+ $2 24. gxf3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3
gxf3+ 26. Kf1 $18) 24. Rxe3 Ng6 $10 {Keres/}) 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Qc2
Nhg6 $6 (24... Nxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 $10) 25. Bd2 h4 (25... Qb5 26. Nb2 {/\a4,Nbc4/}
) 26. Nf5 g3 $2 (26... Ne7 $14) 27. fxg3 hxg3 28. hxg3 $18 f6 29. Kg1 (29. gxf4
exf4 30. Kg1) 29... Rh8 (29... Qh7 30. Kf2 Qh2 31. Bxf4 $18) 30. gxf4 exf4 (
30... Qh7 31. fxg5) 31. Kf2 Rh2 32. Rh1 Qh7 (32... Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Rxe4 34. cxd6
$1 Qxf5 35. d7 Qxd7 36. Nc5 $18) 33. Rxh2 Qxh2 34. cxd6 f3 (34... cxd6 35. Qc7)
(34... Bh4+ 35. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1) 35. Kxf3 Qh5+ 36. Kf2 Rxe4 37. Bxg5 Qxg5
38. dxc7 $1 Qxf5+ 39. Kg1 Re8 (39... Ne7 40. d6 $18) 40. Rf1 Qg5 41. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4
Ng6 8. c4 $5 (8. d5 {Wedberg}) (8. Be3 {Wedberg}) (8. Bg5 {Wedberg}) 8... b5 $5
$146 {Wedberg: Since White has waited with d5 this is an interesting
possibility.} (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nxd4 (10... Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3
Bxf3 (12... exd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qa4 c5 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nh2 Qb8
18. Qc2 Qb7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Nd5 $14 {Ravinsky,G-Petrosian,T/
Moscow/1947/1-0/61/}) 13. Qxf3 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 Bf6 $13) 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Bxd4 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $10 {Georgiev,Kr-Skembris,S/Karditsa/
1994/0,5/22/}) (8... Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. Nc3 Bf6
13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 $14 {Antunes,A-Arencibia,WR/Capablanca mem-B/1992/0,5/42/
}) 9. Bc2 (9. cxb5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. bxa6 c5 12. Bxd7+ (12. Qb3 Bxa4 13.
Qxa4+ Qd7) 12... Qxd7 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2 {Wedberg} Be7 $13) 13... Qc6 14. a7 Be7
15. Qb8+ Kd7 $13) 9... Bg4 {[%cal Yc6d4,Yg6h4,Yd8f6] Wedberg: Now White seems
to be under severe pressure.} (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c5) (9... Nb4
$5 {Wedberg}) 10. d5 (10. dxe5 $2 Ncxe5 $17) 10... Nd4 11. Be3 (11. Nbd2 Nh4 $1
) 11... Nxf3+ (11... Nh4 12. Nbd2 (12. Bxd4 $4 {Wedberg} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ $19
) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 (13. Nxf3 Ndxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qf6 15. Kh1 Qxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxf3
17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 $44) 13... Qc8 (13... Qf6 14. Kh1 Nhxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxf3 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. Bd3 $36) 14. Kh1 $8 Qh3 15. Rg1 Ndxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxf3 17. Rg2 $13)
12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Kh1 $1 {Forced, but strong. White gets compensation for the
exchange because Black is undeveloped.} (13. Re1 Nh4 14. Nd2 Qf6 $19) 13...
Bxf1 (13... Qf6 14. Rg1) 14. Qxf1 {[%csl Rb5] Black is very weak on the white
squares. He must lose a pawn or the right to castle.} Be7 $2 (14... Qf6 $5 15.
Nd2 Rb8 (15... b4 16. Ba4+ Kd8 (16... Ke7 17. c5 $1) 17. Bc6 (17. Qh3 {Wedberg}
Qe7 18. Nb3 $40) 17... Rb8 (17... Rc8 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. Nb3 $1 $16) 18. Ba7 Rb6 (
18... Rc8 19. Qh3 Qe7 20. Bb7 Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bxc8+ Kxc8 23. a3 $16))
16. cxb5 axb5 $13) (14... bxc4 $2 15. Ba4+ Ke7 16. Qxc4 $16) 15. cxb5 O-O (
15... Qb8 16. bxa6 Qxb2 17. Ba4+ Kd8 18. Nd2 $16) (15... a5 16. b6 $1) (15...
axb5 $142 {Wedberg} 16. Qxb5+ Qd7 17. Bd3 Bh4 18. Nc3 Qxb5 19. Bxb5+ Ke7 $13)
16. bxa6 Qb8 $6 (16... Bg5 $5) (16... f5 $5) (16... Bg5 {Wedberg} 17. Nc3 Bf4
18. h3 Qh4 19. Bd3 $14) 17. b3 h6 18. Bd3 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ya6a8]} Bg5 19. Nc3
Nh4 (19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qb6 21. Qe2) 20. Qh3 Qb4 21. Rc1 g6 $6 (21... Bxe3 $5
22. fxe3 Ng6) 22. Qg3 Kg7 (22... f6) 23. Nb1 $1 Rfc8 24. Bc4 c6 25. Nc3 $16
Bxe3 26. fxe3 g5 (26... Qc5 27. Qxh4 Qxe3 28. Rc2 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 $18) 27. f4 $1
(27. dxc6 Rxc6 28. Bd5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Bxa8 Qd3 $1) 27... cxd5 (27... f6
$1 $16) 28. fxg5 $1 hxg5 (28... dxc4 29. gxh6+ Kf8 30. Qxh4 (30. Qg7+ {Wedberg}
Ke8 31. Nd5 Qb5 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+ Kc6 34. Rxc4+ Qxc4 35. Qb7+ Kc5 36. Qb6#
)) 29. Qxg5+ Ng6 30. Nxd5 Qd2 31. Qf6+ (31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Rg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Na3
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Qc8 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6
15. Bc5 Re8 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2 Nb8 18. a4 Nd7 19. Be3 c6 20. Nb4 Nf6 21. Qd6 $2
Be7 $1 22. Qd2 (22. Qxc6 Bxb4 23. Qxc8 Raxc8 24. cxb4 Rxc2) 22... Rd8 23. Qc1
c5 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Re1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Ng4 (27... Nxe4 28. Ndxe5)
28. Qa6 (28. Bc1 c4 29. Nb4 Bc5 30. Rf1 Qb6) 28... Bc4 29. Nc1 Rd6 30. Qa8+ Kh7
31. h3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Be6 33. Nd3 Rd8 34. Qa6 c4 35. Nb4 Bc5 36. Re1 Bxb4 37.
cxb4 c3 $1 38. Qa1 Rc8 $1 39. Bd3 Nf4 40. Bxb5 c2 41. Rc1 Qb7 $1 42. Bf1 (42.
Ba6 Qxe4 43. Bxc8 Ne2+) 42... Ra8 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Qc2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. b4 Bg5
15. Rb1 Bxc1 16. Rfxc1 Qe7 17. c5 $5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Na4 $1 $10 Nxa4 20.
Qxa4 Ra7 21. g3 Rd8 22. Rc3 h6 23. Rbc1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rd4 26. R1c4
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O {Stronger
is 7.Bb3! threatening 8.Ng5.} Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Kh8 {Preparing
f7-f5.} 11. b4 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d5 {13.Bxc6!?} Nb8 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. c4 Bxc2
16. Qxc2 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. h4 Kg8 $1 19. Ng5 {19.Bg5!} Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qe8 21.
Ne4 h6 22. Be3 Qf7 $15 23. Qe2 Qf5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd2 Qh3 26. Qg2 Qd7 27. Nxf6+
Rxf6 28. Bc3 Rf7 29. Rae1 Raf8 30. Re4 Qa4 $1 31. Bb2 Qb3 32. Rg4 Rxf3 $1 $19
33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Rxg6 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 Bg5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. g3 exd4 13. cxd4 Kf8 14. O-O Qf6
$5 {Portisch deviates from his game versus Sax in SkellefteÅ 1989 in which
there followed 14. - Bh3 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Nf5 g4 18. Qe3 Rh5 and
Black was more than ok. In this line 17. Nf5 looks bad. Perhaps 17. Bc2 is
better.} 15. Nd5 Qxd4 16. Bxg5 Nge5 17. Be3 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Bh3 19. Re1 Nd3 20.
Re2 Nce5 21. Rd2 Ne1 $1 22. f4 N1f3+ 23. Kf2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Ng4+ $19 25. Kg1 c6
26. Nb6 Re8 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Re1 Bg4 29. Bg2 Be6 30. b3 Nd7 31. Na4 f5 32. Bc3
fxe4 33. Rxe4 Nf6 34. Rd4 Bd5 35. Bf1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. d5 (10. Ne3 Bg5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. g3 exd4 13. cxd4 Kf8 $13 {
Sax-Portisch, SkellefteÅ 1989}) 10... Nb8 11. Ne3 a5 12. Bc2 Na6 13. a3 O-O 14.
Bd2 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Na4 18. O-O {18.Bxa4 is of course
met by 18. - Qa8.} Qa8 19. Qa3 Nb6 20. Ra1 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 Bb5 22. Be1 Be2 23.
Nd2 Bg5 24. Ndf1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. g3 Nb6 27. Bb3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Bf3 29.
Bc2 Be2 30. Kg2 Nc4 31. Nf5 Kf8 32. f3 Na3 33. Bb3 Bc4 34. Bd1 Ne7 35. Ne3 Bd3
36. Bb3 b5 37. Kf2 Nc8 38. Nf5 h5 39. Ke3 Bc2 40. Bxc2 Nxc2+ 41. Kd2 Nxe1 42.
Kxe1 Nb6 43. Ne3 Ke7 44. Kd2 g6 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 g5 48. c4
bxc4+ 49. Nxc4 Nxc4 50. Kxc4 Kc8 51. Kb5 Kb7 52. Ka5 Ka7 53. b5 Kb7 54. b6
cxb6+ 55. Kb5 f6 56. h3 Kc7 57. Ka6 {57. - b5 =} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Topalov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King Wedberg Dolmatov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 {
Black also has 5...f5, which leads to sharper positions.} 6. d4 Nge7 (6... g6 {
Dolmatov}) 7. Be3 {In my opinion, this gives white more choice than the normal
7.0-0.} Ng6 {In his third game of the match against Anand Yusupov played 7...
h6 but couldn t equalise after 8.Nbd2 g5 9.de de 10.h4!} 8. h4 $1 {This was my
idea. The white pawns restrict the black pieces.} h5 (8... Be7 {Dolmatov} 9. h5
(9. g3 {Wedberg} h6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. N1h2
Bd7 15. Nd2 h5 16. a4 $14 {Milos,G-Magomedov,M/Moscow ol/1994}) 9... Nh4 10.
Nxh4 Bxh4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. c4 O-O 15. O-O $10) (8...
Bg4 {Dolmatov} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Qa4 Bd7) 9. g3 (9. Ng5 {Dolmatov}
Be7 10. Bb3 $16) 9... Be7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ (11. Nfd2 {Dolmatov} b5 12. Bb3
c5 13. a4) 11... Nxd7 12. Nfd2 {Now a typical indian structure arises with
white square B exchanged, which clearly favors white. Also the Ng6 is out of
play.} Nf6 13. f3 O-O (13... c5 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. c4 b5 15. Nc3 Rb8 $14) 14. c4
c5 {Stops the standard developing of the white attack on the queenside - Nc3,
b4, Nb3, c5 etc.} (14... c6 {Dolmatov} 15. Nc3 Qd7 $16) (14... b5 $132 {Wedberg
}) 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. a4 a5 $2 {Black is clearly worse on the kingside, so he had
to play the more flexible 16...b6 preparing b5 in some positions. This i
positional suicide. Almost anything is better.} (16... Bd8 {Dolmatov} 17. a5 {
Wedberg} Bc7 {With much more play for Black than in the game.}) 17. Qe2 Kh7 18.
O-O-O {King Cleverly, White has waited before committing his K, and now that
the Qside has closed he moves it there. Black has no counterplay to off-set
White's ferocious Kside attack.} Rh8 19. Nf1 $1 {The knight looks for its best
place on f5, where it can cause much damage for black.} Kg8 20. Bd2 Ne8 (20...
Kf8 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Ne3 Ke8 22. Nf5 Bf8 $16) 21. Ne3 Nf8 $6 {Black has to be
more afraid of f4 than of g4. That s why Nc7, Bf6 and Re8 was the right plan.}
22. b3 {I didn t know where to put the Rd1, so I made a useful move.} g6 $6 {
Following the wrong plan. In such positions each pawn move weakens the
position. It was still not too late for Nc7 and Re8.} (22... Nc7 $142 {/\Re8})
23. f4 Bf6 24. Rdf1 Qe7 25. f5 $1 {The e5-square is well-protected, but after
22...g6 the f-file became weaker. Now the black king is in danger.} Ng7 26. Nb5
b6 $2 {The final mistake. After 26...Nd7 I had 27.fg6 fg6 28.Nc7 Ra7 29.Rf3 b6
30.Nb5 ok} (26... g5 {Dolmatov} 27. g4 gxh4 28. gxh5 Bg5 29. f6 $1 Bxf6 30.
Rhg1 $16) 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. g4 $1 {The kingside opens.} (28. Rf2 {Dolmatov} Nh7
29. Rhf1 Rf8) 28... Bxh4 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxh4 Nd7 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Rxh5 Nxh5
(32... gxh5 {Wedberg} 33. Rg1 $18) 33. Nf5 (33. Nf5 {Wedberg} Qc7 34. Ne7+ Kg7
35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Qg4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{In this game Tischbierek attempts to improve on Topalovs play in the model
game against Jussupov last year in Novgorod.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 Ng6 8. h4 $1 {This approach, with Be3 and
h4 as a respons to Ng6, is all the rage now. Topalovs instructive win against
Jussupov in Novgorod, 1995, opened our eyes to the merits of this strategy.
The basic question now is: can Black go on playing this line or is it dead?} h5
({Black can ignore the the White aggression with} 8... Be7 {Last but not least,
the logical continuation:} 9. h5 $1 (9. g3 h5 (9... h6 10. Nbd2 (10. d5 Nb8 11.
Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nd7 (12... c5 13. a4 b6 14. Nf1 Qc8 15. N1h2 Bd7 16. Nd2 Ra7
17. Qe2 Rb7 18. O-O Nf8 19. f4 $40 {0-1 Van Riemsdijk,H-Ye Rongguang/Antwerpen
op 1996 (41)}) 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. N1h2 Bd7 15. Nd2 h5 16. a4 a5 17. Nc4 Nf8 18. f3
Bc8 19. Qd2 N8d7 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 $16 {1-0 Milos,G-Magomedov,M/Moscow olm
1994 (29)}) 10... Bf6 11. d5 Nb8 12. c4 c5 13. a3 a5 14. h5 Nf8 15. Nh4 Bxh4
16. Rxh4 Nh7 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rh1 O-O 20. g4 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Qd7 22.
Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Ke2 $14 {Jansa,V-Zude,A/BL2-O 1994/1-0 (54)}) (9... O-O 10. h5
Nh8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 dxe5 14. Nd2 b5 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. f3 Qe6
17. g4 f6 18. Qb3 Kf7 19. Ke2 c5 20. Qxe6+ Kxe6 21. c4 Rab8 22. Rac1 bxc4 23.
Nxc4 Nf7 24. b3 $14 {1-0 Lau,R-Gretarsson,H/Velden op 1996 (58)}) 10. Nbd2 b5
11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 O-O 15. Kf1 Qd7 16. Kg2 f6 17. Qb1 Rf7
18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Ne1 Raf8 21. Bb6 f5 22. Bxa5 f4 $40 {0-1 Rodriguez,
A-Rios, A/Merida 1993 (40)}) 9... Nh4 (9... Nf8 $6 {is hardly to be considered}
10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Nf1 Qe7 12. Ng3 g6 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nd2 b5 16. b4
Nb7 17. a4 $16 {1-0 Lutz,C-Weyrich,M/Groningen op 1995 (33)}) 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11.
d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. g3 g6 (15... Rc8 16. O-O-O c6
17. dxc6 Rxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Blatny,P-Rantanen,Y/Namestovo 1987 (55)}) 16. O-O-O
Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Rh1 O-O-O 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Nf3 Bxg5+ 22.
Qxg5 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Ng5 $16 {Korneev,O-Safin,S/Ashkhabad 1996/1-0 (50)})
(8... h6 9. h5 Nge7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. d5 Na7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ng5
$16 {1-0 Nedeljkovic,S-Kieninger,G/EU-chT Wien\Baden 1957 (21)}) 9. g3 Be7 10.
d5 (10. Nbd2) 10... Nb8 11. Bc2 $146 {Tischbierek departs from Topalovs path.
Keeping the B:s is logical since Black lacks space and need exchanges. On the
other hand exchanging white-squared B:s is in Whites interest from a
structural point of view.} (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nfd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. c4 c5 (
14... b5) 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. a4 a5 $2 (16... Bd8) 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. O-O-O $16 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995 (32)}) 11... c6 12. c4 (12. Nbd2) 12...
cxd5 13. cxd5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Qb1 Nf6 (15... O-O 16. Ng5 $1 $16 {/\f3})
16. Ng5 Rc8 17. Bd3 b5 (17... Nh7 18. Nxh7 Rxh7 19. f3 (19. Nc4 $2 Bf3 20. O-O
Qd7 21. Kh2 Qg4 {and White has some problems.}) 19... Bd7 20. Nc4 $16) 18. a4
$1 $16 {Now its bad everywhere for Black.} Bd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. f3 O-O 21. Ke2
$1 Qc7 22. Ra7 Qb8 23. Qa2 Rc7 24. Ra1 Rfc8 25. Ra6 Ne8 26. Rb6 (26. Ba7 $1 {
Fritz} Qb7 27. Rb6) 26... Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Qa7 Rc7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Nb3
Bd8 31. Ra8 Bb6 32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Na5 Nf8 34. Ke3 g6 35. f4 Kg7 36. Ra7 Nf6 37.
Nc6 exf4+ 38. gxf4 Kg8 39. Kd4 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Rxc6 41. Bxb5 $18 Rb6 42. Bc4 d5
43. Bxd5 Nxd5 44. exd5 Rxb2 45. Rxf7 Rh2 46. Ke5 Rxh4 47. Ra7 Rg4 48. d6 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 f5 $5 (10... Qe8 {/\Nxd4} 11. Bc2 Nd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
Nc4 f6 14. Ne3 Nf7 $10 {Byrne/Mednis}) 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 (15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 Bc5 $40) 15... Bd6 16. Nxe5
Qf6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qd4 g5 $1 $44 19. Bd2 (19. fxg5 $4 Bxe5 20. gxf6 Bxd4+ $19)
19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 c5 21. Qe3 Bxh3 22. Qg3+ Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bh2 Bf5 25.
Nc4 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bxd7+ (11. Be3 Bg5 $1 12. Re1 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 O-O
14. Rc1 a5 15. Ne1 Na6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Keres,P/JUG-URS 1956/MCD-ma}) 11... Qxd7 $6 (11... Nxd7 {
and then Bg5 seems like a more logical follow-up to h6.}) 12. Be3 O-O 13. b4 f5
14. Rc1 (14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Nd2 {is also possible.}) 14... fxe4 (14... f4 $5 15.
Bd2 Nh8 {with some attacking chances for Black. Probably better than the game.}
) 15. Nd2 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Qf5 18. Ndxe4 $16 {White has everything he
can ask for in this line.} Nd7 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Ra1 Bd8 22. Ne4 Nf6
23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qg4 Ne7 25. Rad1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Ra4 27. f4 $1 $40 Rxb4 28. fxe5
Qxe5 29. Qf3 Rxc4 30. Bd4 Rxd4 (30... Qxd5 $4 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qxg7#) 31. Nxd4
Kh7 (31... Qxd5 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Rf7 Qe5 34. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 35. Qf5+ $18) 32. Ne6
Ng6 33. Rde1 Qb2 34. Qf5 $18 Ra8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This is a prime effort by Peter Svidler. His opening setup is proven to be
very effective after the slightly surprising break on the K-side. The attack
is crisp and beautiful.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6.
d4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bc2 {Exchanging on d7 or not - that's the
question. In general keeping pieces on the board benefits the player with more
space. In this postition White has more room for his pieces due to his forward
post on d5. But on the other hand the white-squared B is Black's good B. For a
similar discussion see the games Topalov,V - Jussupow,A/Novgorod/1995/CBM48
and Tischbierek,R - Sale,S/Budapest/1996/CBM56.} (9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 O-O 11.
Nc3 Ne8 12. g4 (12. O-O g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Cimra,
J-Kovacova,Z/SVK-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (49)}) 12... c5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
Qc2 b5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. h4 $14 {1-0 Cimra,J-Kovacova,Z/SVK-chT 1994/TD 94\03 
(53)}) 9... c6 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 c5 {Black
goes for a complete blockade.} 15. Ne1 $1 g5 {A dangerous decision since the
blockade is a bit fragile.} (15... Nh7 16. f4 Bf6 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4 $36) 17.
f5 $40) 16. a3 Kg7 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. f4 $1 {Drastic and good. Black is not well
organised to withstand White's attack.} (18. Kh2 {/\g3, f4} Nc7 19. g3 Qc8 $1
$13) 18... gxf4 19. Nxf4 Rh8 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Rh8 21. e5 $40) 20. Rf2 $5 (
20. Nh5+ {is good enough} Nxh5 21. Qxh5 f6 22. Qh4 $40) 20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Nh7
22. e5 Bh4 (22... Bg5 23. Raf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yf2f7]} (23. Bh2 $5) 23... Bxf4
24. Rxf4 Ng5 (24... Rf8 25. Qd3 $18) 25. h4 dxe5 (25... Qxe5 26. hxg5 Raf8 27.
Qf3 Qe7 28. Ne4 $18) 26. R4f2 Nh7 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh5+ $18)
23. e6 $1 fxe6 (23... Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 fxe6 25. Qg3+ $18) (23... Bxe6 24. dxe6
Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Qxe6 26. Qg3+ Ng5 27. h4 $18) 24. Qg4+ Bg5 25. Bxd6 exd5 26. Qf3
Rf8 (26... d4 27. Be5+ Kg8 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. h4 $1 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Bxh7 Bd4
28. Bd3 $16) (26... Be3 27. Be5+ $1 $18) 27. Bxf8+ Nxf8 28. Nxd5 $16 Be6 29.
Re1 Qc6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Qg3 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Qc7 33. d6 Qg7 34. Kh2 c4 35. h4 (
35. h4 Bd8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qf3+ Kxe8 39. Ba4+ Qd7 40. Qh5+ Kf8
41. Bxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Podgorica"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O (7. Bb3 h6
8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 Bg5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. g3 exd4 13. cxd4 Kf8 $5
14. O-O Bh3 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Re8 {Sax-Portisch, SkellefteÅ 1989}) 7... Ng6
8. c4 Be7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nc3 O-O (10... h6 $1 {/\ 11...Bg5 12.Nxg5 hxg5 ><h2}
11. Be3 Bg5 12. Re1 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 a5 {= Trifunovic-Keres, Yug-URS
1956}) 11. Be3 f5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 (12... Nxd7 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 $14) 13. b4 (
13. exf5 $14) 13... a5 $6 (13... f4 $5) 14. exf5 $14 Rxf5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nd2
Ra8 17. Qb3 b6 18. c5 $1 $16 Nh4 (18... bxc5 $2 19. Qb7 $18) 19. cxb6 cxb6 20.
Qxb6 Nxg2 $2 $18 21. Kxg2 Rh5 22. Kf3 $1 Qf5+ 23. Ke2 Nd7 24. Qb1 Qg4+ 25. f3
Rxh2+ 26. Rf2 Qh5 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. Nce4 Rh3 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Novichkov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O (6. d4 {is a more
flexible approach. Then the manouvre Ng8-e7-g6 can be met by the thrust h4-h5.
See the model games Topalov - Jussupov, Novgorod 1995 and Tischbierek - Sale,
Budapest 1996.}) 6... Nge7 {When White has castled it´s OK to put the N on g6.}
7. d4 Ng6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Bg5 {Black has less space so he goes
for exchanges.} 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O 13. h3 (13. Nd2 Qf6 (13... Re8 14.
Bc2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qf3 Qg5 $11 {0-1 Oim,T-Keres,P/Parnu 1971/EXT 99 (26)
}) 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. f3 Nf4 $13 {1-0 Savon,V-Frumson,Y/Moscow 1991/TD (31)})
13... Qe7 (13... Re8 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. d5 Nd8 16. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Badulescu,
C-Nikolin,Z/Warszawa 1988/EXT 99 (48)}) 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Nh2 Qh4 16. Nf1 Nf4
17. Qf3 Qh5 18. Qg3 g5 19. Bd1 Qg6 20. Bc2 Kh8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23.
Qe3 Be6 $11 24. b3 Rd7 25. Rad1 Red8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Qf6
29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Ne3 Nc6 32. Ba3 Kg7 33. Bf3 h5 34. Kh2 Kg6 35.
Bd1 Nb8 36. Kg1 Nd7 37. Kf1 f6 38. Be7 c6 39. Bc2 Kf7 40. Bd6 Nb6 41. Ke1 Nc8
42. Bc5 Ke8 43. Kd2 Kd7 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. h4 {The
critical plan for Black involves h4, but usually White starts with Be3,
waiting for Ng6 before playing h4.} h6 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 Ng8 $5 {An interesting
idea. Black regroups his N to f6 to use the weakened g4-square and avoids the
Sg6 h5 situation.} (8... exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 b5 11. Bc2 Na5 12. Nc3 Bg4 13.
a4 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Reshevsky,S/NLD/URS 1948/MainBase (57)}) 9. Nbd2 Nf6
(9... b5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sherzer,A-Anic,D/
Budapest 1992/EXT 97 (18)}) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. O-O-O c6
14. Nh2 cxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. g4 b4 $1 $132 {0-1 Pedzich,
D-Grabarczyk,M/POL-ch 1994/TD (60)}) (8. h5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11.
e5 Bxa4 12. Qxa4+ Nc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Qc2 O-O 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 f6 18. f4 a5 $17 {0-1 Quinteros,M-Larsen,B/Manila 1973/EXT 98 (38)}) 8...
Ng6 (8... Ng8 $2 {loses a P after exchanges on c6 and e5.}) 9. g3 (9. h5 Nf4
$132) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Nf1 (11. h5 Nf8 {[%cal Yf8h7,Yh7g5] /\Nh7-g5})
11... Bf6 12. Ne3 Nge7 13. a3 Qc8 14. Ba2 Qb7 15. d5 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4
$13) 15... Na7 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nf3 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Nac8 20. Ng5 Nxd5
21. exd5 Bd7 22. O-O Nb6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. f4 $5 {A bold decision. White must
follow it up by sacrificing a piece.} Bg4 $1 25. Qc2 f5 26. fxe5 $1 {The
logical continuation.} (26. Nf2 $2 e4 $15) 26... fxe4 27. exd6 Bf6 $1 (27...
Bxd6 $2 28. Bg5 $1 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Bf3 30. Rxf3 exf3 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. d6 $18) 28.
Qxe4+ Kd7 29. Bf4 $6 (29. Bg5 $1 {is difficult for Black. White has three P:s
for the piece and an attack.} Rae8 30. Qg6 $44) 29... Rae8 30. Qg6 Rhf8 31.
Rae1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nc4 33. Qd3 $2 {This passive move gives it all away.} (33.
Re7+ $1 Bxe7 34. dxe7 Ra8 (34... Kxe7 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. Qxg7+ $18) 35. Bxc4 bxc4
36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qg6+ Kd7 38. Qd6+ $11) 33... Qb6+ 34. Kg2 Nxd6 $19 35. b3 Re8
36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Bb1 Kd7 38. Qd2 Qc5 39. Bxd6 Qxd6 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Qxa3
42. Qf2 Qb2 43. Bc2 Qd4 44. Bf5+ Kd6 45. Qf1 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Qingdao Daily Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. d5 Nb8 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 Bg5 12. Nxg5 (12. Qd2 Bxe3 (12... Nf4 $5) 13.
Qxe3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. b4 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Qe3 Qg5 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Dzevlan,M-Wedberg,T/Biel 1990/EXT 2000 (19)}) 12... hxg5 13. g3 Nf4 $5
{[%mdl 128] Iuldachev makes a very principal sacrifice. The question is of
course: is the attack worth the piece?} 14. f3 Kf8 $1 {Another important
decision. The K is not going to the Q-side but to the K-side. This means that
White will be pressed to take on f4 sooner or later since there is no play
anywhere for him.} 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. gxf4 {Else Black is just going
to triple on the h-file after the K has been installed on g7.} gxf4 18. Bc1 Kg7
19. b3 Rh3 20. Ba3 Qg5+ 21. Qg2 Qh4 22. Rf2 Rh8 23. Kf1 $6 (23. Rd2 Rh5 24. Kh1
{keeping the K as a defender of h2 might be a better way to arrange the
defence. It's not clear how Black should continue. Playing the N to h5 and
then g3 is one idea, but that is not easy to achieve.}) 23... Rh5 24. Ne2 Rg5
25. Qh1 Nf6 26. c5 $6 (26. Ng1 $142 Rhg3 27. Ke2 $13) 26... Nh5 $1 {Now it's
all systems go for Black.} 27. cxd6 (27. Bc1 dxc5 $40) 27... cxd6 28. Bxd6 Ng3+
29. Nxg3 fxg3 30. Rg2 $17 Rh5 31. Ke2 Qf6 32. Bc7 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 34. Qxh2
gxh2 35. d6 Qg5 $1 36. d7 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ $2 (37... Qb2 $1 {wins} 38. Rd1 (
38. Bxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rd1 Qg5+ $19) 38... Qc3+ $19) 38. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+
40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

